Chapter 546: Incense

Qi Wenshan suddenly felt that his whole being—no, to be precise, his entire soul—was out of control, slipping into Wang Ping'an's open mouth; even if he summoned all his strength and struggled with all his might, it was of no use, and he begged miserably:

"Young master, young master, spare me, I know I was wrong, I know I was wrong…"

Unfortunately.

Before Qi Wenshan could finish speaking, his entire soul instantly plunged into Wang Ping'an's mouth; seeing Wang Ping'an show no sign of stopping, he immediately turned his pleading into a tirade.

"Do you think only you can devour people's souls?"

Wang Ping'an completely ignored Qi Wenshan's pleas and tirade, his face full of contempt; once he confirmed Qi Wenshan was in a soul state, he had already decided to use Skill: Soul Devour against Qi Wenshan.

After all.

He indeed possessed countless skills, yet few targeted souls, and he knew clearly that using Skill: Soul Devour would bring benefits; Qi Wenshan could serve to enhance his strength, which was an honor for Qi Wenshan, and he would die a fitting death.

"Ding! You have devoured a 'False God', congratulations you receive reward: Spirit Power +10, Incense +100!"

"Ding! Congratulations, you have obtained Incense, Incense panel opening!"

The next moment.

Two consecutive mechanical, cold voices rang in his mind, and Wang Ping'an's face was filled with unmistakable delight.

He had secretly learned his uncle's Divine Technique: Persuade to do good, and was curious to use this technique—whether making a bad person do a good deed would yield Merit, and whether after the bad person performed a good deed he could continuously obtain Merit.

He planned to try it on his second aunt Zhang Guilian, competing with his uncle for business, using this Divine Technique to turn this mischief-maker into a good person.

He never imagined that after she did a good deed, he could also earn some Merit, and the system told him that using this Divine Technique actually required Incense.

For a moment he was ready to abandon this Divine Technique; after all, he didn't know its effect, nor did he know how to obtain Incense.

He never expected it.

Qi Wenshan was a godsend, not only granting him ten thousand Merit points but also sending him a hundred Incense.

"Master Qi, Master Qi, you truly are a good person!"

Wang Ping'an chuckled, and the next second his consciousness vanished from the ghostly labyrinth; Qi Wenshan's soul was already scattered, naturally unable to maintain this strange place. His consciousness returned to his body and found himself lying in a cradle, the cradle from his home, which his master had brought over with a storage bag.

Thanks to his master Xuanqing Daozhang, their family escaped this time, and with the help of the storage bag they managed to bring out almost everything from his home.

They left behind an empty house; even thieves would weep upon seeing it.

Later.

Wang Ping'an silently focused, linking to the Paper Person in his uncle's Mountain God Temple, and saw the villagers of Zhang Family Village in the Mountain God Temple cleaning up Qi Wenshan's corpse.

Zhang Chengyong and Zhang Chengyong escorted Zhang Guilian, preparing to go home!

Zhang Deben stood helplessly in the courtyard, watching his eldest and youngest sons escort Zhang Guilian, opened his mouth to say something, but the words wouldn't come out. Li Ping sneered: "Old fool, are you worried that your so-called Divine Technique won't work, that you're afraid Zhang Guilian will do bad again, and your two sons will kill her?"

"How could that be, what's going on? The Divine Technique: Persuade to do good isn't fake, how could I possibly be worried?"

Zhang Deben's expression hardened; although Li Ping had pointed out his thoughts, he dared not admit it, and spoke righteously:

"I just didn't expect Gui Lian to do such a foolish thing?"

"She would do such a despicable, dog-like thing, are you surprised?"

Li Ping snorted coldly; she was angry at the despicable act Zhang Guilian had done, but upon reconsideration, found it quite fitting of Zhang Guilian's behavior.

Zhang Deben awkwardly said: "Old woman, are you saying it's all my fault, that I spoiled Gui Lian into this, so she had the nerve to do such a foolish thing?"

"You are at fault, but the main responsibility doesn't lie with you; the biggest mistake is Zhang Guilian and her husband!"

Li Ping snorted coldly, knowing that Zhang Deben's feelings were not as simple as his face showed; he was actually quite upset. If an outsider asked, she might say Zhang Deben got what he deserved, but since they were a couple, she roughly understood his thoughts—how he kept favoring Zhang Guilian again and again—and comforted him:

"All these years, you never stopped caring for Guihua; how Guihua treated you, how she treated our family, we all saw it. It's completely different from Zhang Guilian. Can you say Zhang Guilian became like this because you repeatedly spoiled her?"

Before Wang Ruhai became successful, the Wang family relied on the care of their household to have enough to eat; after all, studying was very costly, and the Wang family was too ashamed to borrow money everywhere, so they had to endure on their own. Without their family's support, she could not imagine what kind of life the Wang family would have led.

However, since Wang Ruhai rose to prominence, the Wang family has truly enjoyed good days, receiving imperial favor, exemption from various taxes, accumulating wealth, and every holiday visitors bring abundant gifts to their home.

This novel you...

Can say.

The clothes they wear are all made from fabric bought by the Wang family.

This matter.

It hasn't failed to earn them envious looks throughout Zhang Family Village!

"Yes, Guihua doesn't need to be like this!"

Zhang Deben hadn't been happy for long when, suddenly, he seemed to think of something and sighed: "But it's still my fault; my judgment was poor, picking Du Guan for Zhang Guilian, that dog, causing Gui Lian to become like this. She used to be a good child!"

Li Ping looked at Zhang Deben speechlessly, too lazy to say more; no matter how she tried to comfort him, he only kept shifting the blame onto himself.

Why Zhang Guilian married Du Guan, she couldn't not know; it was because Zhang Guilian coveted Du Guan's city status, wanting to become a city person. Even though Zhang Deben tried hard to stop it, he couldn't, and had to obey Zhang Guilian's wishes, letting her marry Du Guan.

Wang Ping'an listened for a while, confirming that his uncle hadn't been driven completely mad by Zhang Guilian's actions—perhaps because Zhang Guilian had often wronged his uncle before, and his uncle had long become accustomed...

Just as he was about to, unnoticed, use Divine Technique: Persuade to do good on Zhang Guilian, a flash of insight sprang in Wang Ping'an's mind, saying:

'Wait, I just earned ten thousand Merit points; why not first increase the proficiency of Divine Technique: Persuade to do good before using it? The effect might be better!'

(End of Chapter)